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The COVID-19 Outbreak has devasted the film industry, especially cinemas. Studios have delayed many of their major released, some many times over. One of them was Mulan but Disney have now decided to release the film straight-to-Disney+ with a $30 surcharge. Disney’s remake of Mulan was set to be one of the first summer blockbusters for the 2020 season […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on the world, and we will possibility feel its economic and social impacts for years to come. The worlds of film and filmmaking will also be affected. One of the biggest pieces of film news to come during the pandemic was the deal struck between AMC Theaters […]
Based on a novel by Emma Jane Unsworth, Animals is a Dublin set film about two women in their early 30s who have refused to give up a hard-partying lifestyle. Laura (Holliday Grainger) is a 32-year-old barista and aspiring novelist who lives with her best friend, Tyler (Alia Shawkat). They continue to drink heavily, party hard and […]
Damsel is an indie Western that gives the genre a feminist twist. Samuel Alabaster (Robert Pattinson) arrives on American Frontier with the intent to propose and marry his sweetheart, Penelope (Mia Wasikowska). Samuel hires the local priest, Parson Henry (David Zellner) to travel into the wilderness to surprise Penelope. But Samuel reveals that Penelope had […]
2018’s Holmes & Watson has earned a reputation for being one of the worst mainstream comedies made in recent years, ‘winning’ four Razzies. But does it deserve this reputation? Sherlock Holmes (Will Ferrell) is the most celebrated detective in London despite being a pompous arse. Holmes and his loyal assistant, John Watson (John C. Reilly) face their […]
When Marnie Was There was the last film made by Studio Ghibli before their long hiatus from filmmaking. Their 2014 offering was a touching coming-of-age of story. Anna (Sara Takaatsuki) is a shy, arty 12-year-old who is sent to a coastal village to help with her asthma. She becomes emanated by an abandoned mansion on […]
We are living in a golden age of TV thanks to the streaming revolution. Showrunners and directors have been given more creative freedom and there has been a constant flow of new shows. Yet the rise of streaming has been so fast that it leads to the fears that we are on the edge of […]
Ned Kelly is a controversial figure in Australia who lived a life of crime and died at the age of 25. His story has been adapted to screen numerous times with the latest version being based on a novel by Peter Carey. True History of the Kelly Gang follows Ned Kelly both as a child […]
Dystopian stories are a subgenre fiction that the British have mastered, including Alan Moore’s famous graphic novel V for Vendetta. It was famously adapted by the Wachowskis in 2005 and the film immediately became a cult classic. In the near future, Britain has become a fascist state. The government constantly blasts religious propaganda, Islam is […]
The fifth film of Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, was one of contrasts. The biggest being the conflict between a talented director and a terrible screenplay. Years after the events of Jurassic World the volcano on Isla Nublar is about to erupt and the dinosaurs would suffer a second extinction event. Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) leads […]